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"Preventing Childhood Obesity provides a broad-based examination of the nature, extent, and consequences of obesity in U.S. children and youth, including the social environmental medical and dietary factors responsible for its increased prevalence. The book also offers a prevention-oriented action plan that identifies the most promising array of short-term and long-term interventions as well as recommendations for the roles and responsibilities of numerous stakeholders in various sectors of society. Preventing Childhood Obesity explores the underlying causes of this serious health problem and the actions needed to initiale, support, and sustain the societal and lifestyle changes that can reverse the trend among our children and youth."--Jacket.Read more...

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Given the trajectory toward a healthier childhood, we begin the 21st-century with a shocking development - an epidemic of obesity in children and youth. This book explores the causes of this health problem and the actions needed to initiate, support, and sustain the societal and lifestyle changes that can reverse the trend among our children.Read more...

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This book looks very easy to understand, looking at the book on the "worldcat" helped me understand more about child obesity. I love that fact that it talks about leading factord to child obesity and how to prevent it. I think people will find this book really helpful if they want to learn key conecpts...Read more...

This book looks very easy to understand, looking at the book on the "worldcat" helped me understand more about child obesity. I love that fact that it talks about leading factord to child obesity and how to prevent it. I think people will find this book really helpful if they want to learn key conecpts of child obesity.

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